Slot silicon-gallium nitride waveguide realizing 1×4 optical power splitter

Dror Malka, Yossef Danan, Zeev Zalevsky

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Abstract

In this paper, to our knowledge, we introduce the 1×4 optical power splitter operating at 1550nm wavelength for the first time, based on multimode interference (MMI) coupler in slot silicon (Si)-Gallium Nitride (GaN) waveguide structure. Si and GaN were found as suitable materials for slot waveguide structure. Numerical optimizations were carried out on the device parameters using a Full vectorial-beam propagation method (FV-BPM). Simulation results show that the proposed device can be useful to divide optical signal energy uniformly in the C-band range (1530-1565nm) into four output ports with low insertion losses (0.07dB).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE International Conference on the Science of Electrical Engineering, ICSEE 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509021529
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Jan 2017
Event2016 IEEE International Conference on the Science of Electrical Engineering, ICSEE 2016 - Eilat, Israel
Duration: 16 Nov 201618 Nov 2016

Publication series

Name2016 IEEE International Conference on the Science of Electrical Engineering, ICSEE 2016

Conference

Conference2016 IEEE International Conference on the Science of Electrical Engineering, ICSEE 2016
Country/TerritoryIsrael
CityEilat
Period16/11/1618/11/16

Keywords

  • MMI
  • Optical splitter
  • Slot-waveguide

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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